The recent travel warning issued by the Australian government does not seem to have affected holiday-makers, as many popular tourist areas such as Kuta beach remain heavily populated by foreign tourists, Australian and otherwise.
According to The Jakarta Post's observation, areas such as Sanur beach and Kuta beach remain inundated by tourists from all over the world.
Australian national Angelo Ieraci, 47, who has been in Bali for about a week, said he took the travel warning seriously but insisted on coming to Bali, since he had already made flights and accommodation bookings.
"You expect the Australian government to do what they can to protect their people you know, but since I'm already here, I'll leave it up to the Indonesian police", he said while walking along Kuta beach on Sunday.
"And I think they got pretty good intelligence on what's ...